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two parts of nutrition

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ingestion and digestion

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ingestion

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taking food into the digestive system

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digestion

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breakdown of food in order to utolize nutrients

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types of nutrients

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micro and macro

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types of nutrients

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micro and macro

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micronutrients

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vitamins minerals and water

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macronutrients

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proteins lipids and carbohydrates

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What are the two tupes of digestion

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mechanical and chemical

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mechanical digestion in the mouth

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the teeth breaking down food

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chemical digestion in the mounth

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saliva digesting starch

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amylase

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saliva, that breaks starches into glucose monomers

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Mucin

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slippery protein that protects the soft lining of the digestive system; lubricates food for easier swallowing

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buffers

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neutralize acid to prevent tooth decay

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anti-bacteriel chemicals

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kill bacteriea hat enter the mouth with food

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parts of tooth

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crown, root, enamil, dentin and pulp

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crown

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part of the tooth above the gum

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root

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part of the tooth below the gum

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enamil

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calcium salt

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dentin

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bone like enamel; hardest substance in the body

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bolus

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lump formed with food and saliva

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Epiglottis

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flap of cartilage that closes the trachea when swallowing

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where does food leave the mouth

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through the esophagus

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peristalsis

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involuntary muscle contractions that move food along

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pharynx

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region in the back of the throught that connects to the larynx and the esophagus

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how long is the pharynx

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about 15 cm

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how long is the pharynx

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about 15 cm

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digestive glands

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groups of specialized secretory cells

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where are difestive glands found

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the lining of the alimentary canal or accessory organs

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29
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segmentation

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involuntary contractions for the mixing of food

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layers of the alimentary canal

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mucosa, submuosa, muscular layer and serosa

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Mucosal layer

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inner most layer, secretes mucus

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submuosal layer

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provides elacticity of the tube; contains blood vessels

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muscular layer

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smooth muscle tissue, circular + longitudinal fibrs that pushes and mixes food

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serosa (serous layer)

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Visceral peritoneum, outercovering of the tube that moistens and lubricates structures.

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Esophageal Hiatus

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where the esophagus penatrates the diapram,

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36
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where does the esophagus connect to the stomach

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at the cardiac sphincter

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37
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function of the stomach

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temporary food storage/ mechanically and chemically breaks food down into chyme

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function of the stomach

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temporary food storage/ mechanically and chemically breaks food down into chyme

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39
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where does chymeleave the stomach

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the pyloric sphincter

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regions of the stomach

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cardiac, fundic, body (greater and lesser curvature) and pyloric

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stomach functions

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food storage, dinfect food, and chemical digestion

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pepsin

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enzyme in stomach that breaks down protiens

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Omentum

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large apron like fold of visceral peritonium that hangs from the greater andd lesser curvature

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accesory organs

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pancreas, gallbladder, liver and salivary glands

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gall bladder

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patch near liver that stores bile

46
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bile duct

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long tube that carries bile through the pancreas and to the intestine

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Function of Bile

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breaks down fats

48
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pancreas

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organ that secretes digestive enzyms an horomones

49
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where is all digestion completed

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small intestine

50
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pancrease enzymes

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trypsin, chymotrypsisn, Amylase, and lupase

51
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trypsin

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digests protiens

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chymotrypsin

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digests proteirs

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amylase

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digests starch

54
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lipase

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digests fat

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Buffers

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neutralizes acid from stomach

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Liver functions

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maintains blood glucose level, breaks down lipids, fats and protien, stores vitamins and detoxifies substance; produces bile that breaks down fat

57
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where does most chemical digestion take place

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small intestine

58
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where in the small intestine do simple sugars and protiens go

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they are absorbed into the inner lining

59
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where do fatty acids and glycerol go in the small intestine

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they go to the lymphatic system

60
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villi

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hair like stuff that increases surface area of the small intestine

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mesentary

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membranous tisue that supports the folds of the intestines

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how large is the small intestine

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over 6 meters long with the surface area the size of a thennis court

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three sections of the small intestine

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duodenum, jejunum, and ilenum

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duodenum

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1st section; acid food from stomach mixes with digestive juices

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jejunum

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absorption of nutrients and water

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ileum

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absorption of nutrients and water (vitamins A B12 D E and K)

67
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how much fluids does small intestine intake

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90% of our body’s fluida

68
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what happened when not enough water is absorbed in the large intestines

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diarrhea

69
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what happens when too much water is absorbed by the large intestine

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constipation

70
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what is the name for undigestible solids that flow through the large inestine

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fibers

71
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what does the large intestine absorb

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water and vitamins K and B

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how does the large intestine further breakdown food

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using the bacteria that live in it

73
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bacteria in the large intestine

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produce viamins and produce gas as a product of metabolizing the food waste

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Rectum

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last section of the large intestine; exit point of waste from the body

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Ulcers

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erosion of the surface of the alimentary canal, usually associated with some kind of irritant

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appendicitis

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an inflimation of the appendox due to infection

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treatment for appendicitis

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removal of the appendix by surgery

78
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gallstones

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an accumulation of hardened cholestorol or calcium deposits in the gallladder

79
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gallstones solution

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they can either be passed or surgically removed

80
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heartburn

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acid from the stomach backs up into the esophagus

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hernia

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intestines protruding through the abdominal wall

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Papillae

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bumps on the toun that help it grip food and contain taste buds

83
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what is the roof of the mouth called

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the palate

84
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function of the hard pallate

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allows for a place to mash food against

85
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function of the soft palate

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closes off nasopharynx when you swallow

86
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what are the three salivary glands

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Parotid, sublingual and submandibular

87
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where is the paroitid gland

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back of the mouth

88
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where is the sublingual glands

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right behind your bottom gums

89
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where is the submandibular glands

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under your tounge, behind the sublingual

90
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where is the submandibular glands

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under your tounge, behind the sublingual

91
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what does hydrochloric acid do

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chemically breaks down food, denatures protiens and kills bacteria

92
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pepsin

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chemical mixture found in stomach that digests proteins

93
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entero endocrine cells

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trigger other cells to contract or produce chemicals

94
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G cells

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cells that produce gastrin

95
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what are the three phases of stomach secretion

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cephallic,

96
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what are the three phases of stomach secretion

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cephallic, Gastric and intestinal

97
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cephallic phase

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brain senses food and sends signal to make stomach prepare for food

98
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Gastric phase

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stomach activates strech receptors and increases gastrin production

99
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intestinal phase

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speeds or slows rate of stomach emptying so small intestines are not overwhelmed

100
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what can cause the stomach to vomit food

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too muc food, bacteria or viruses, drugs and alchohol, and stress

101
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chemical unit for energy in food

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calorie

102
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what do enzymes do

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speed up chemical reactions that break up food

103
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four main food molecules

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carbohydrates, protiens, lipids and nucleic acids

104
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purpos of mucus in the digestive tract

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lubrication as well as protecting your own cells from digestive chemicals

105
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Type of muscle responsible for peristalsis

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smooth

106
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enzyme needed to digest lactose

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lactase

107
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why is bile needed to break down fats

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because fat is not water soluble

108
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how does bile break down fats

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bile prevents molecules from sticking together before they can be digested

109
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peptidase breaks down

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protiens

110
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what cells absorb monomers

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epithelieal cells

111
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haustral contractions

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contractions in the large intestine that occur every 30 minutes and last for 1 minute; they move feces throug the intestine

112
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parasympathetic defication reflex

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the opening of the internal anal sphincter

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